Excerpt from Income Tax: Law and Accounting The writer makes no pretence at having produced a law book and at no time had that aim in view. This is intended merely to serve the purpose of a practical guide to those who, either for themselves or others, are called upon to prepare returns. Statements contained herein are predicated: first, upon the Income Tax Law enacted September 8, 1916, which was retroactive and took effect as of January 1, 1916; second, upon rulings by the Treasury Department thereon; and third, upon such rulings and court decisions under the Excise Tax of 1909 and the Income Tax Law of 1913, which are consistent and not in conflict with the requirements of the present law. An expression of gratitude is due to various officials and officers of Internal Revenue of the Treasury Department at Washington and New York for the courtesies shown to the writer in matters submitted to them, but this acknowledgment should not' be construed as an endorsement by them of the contents of this book. The writer also acknowledges the help fulness of the Income Tax Service of the Corporation Trust Company, the index to which was especially useful as a ready reference to Treasury Decisions. Mention should also be made of Mr. Henry Campbell Black's treatise on the law of Income Taxation under Federal and State laws, to which the writer has referred. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.